Category: Science
Scientific articles about the coronavirus
Interleukin-6 levels are not highly elevated in Covid patients compared to levels in other critically ill patients
Rigorous studies are failing to find that anti Interleukin-6 drugs are effective against COVID-19. More...
Nasal spray prevents Covid Infection in ferrets
A nasal spray that blocks the absorption of the SARS-CoV-2 virus has completely protected ferrets it was tested on, according to a small study released on Thursday by an international team of scientists. More...
Cold storage tested in China after a coronavirus case from frozen pork imported from Germany
China’s northern port city of Tianjin said on Sunday it plans to carry out tests on some cold storage facilities and their staff after a confirmed coronavirus case involving a worker who had handled frozen pork imported from Germany. More...
Coronavirus kills one in five cancer patients
Covid-19 kills one in every five cancer patients who contracts it, according to data from the world’s first meta-analysis of global research. More...
Six countries report Covid-19 in farmed mink
New coronavirus cases linked to mink farms have been discovered in six countries including Italy, the Netherlands and Spain, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned. More...
Raccoon dogs can be infected with SARS-CoV-2 and can spread it among themselves
The small fox-like animals called raccoon dogs (Nyctereutes procyonoides) can be infected with SARS-CoV-2, and can spread it among themselves. More...
SARS-CoV-2 found in the small bowels of 50% of study group three months after infection
“Analysis of intestinal biopsies obtained from asymptomatic individuals 3 months after COVID-19 onset, using immunofluorescence, electron tomography or polymerase chain reaction, revealed persistence of SARS-CoV-2 in the small bowel of 7 out of 14 volunteers”
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.11.03.367391v1 More...
The circulating SARS-CoV-2 spike variant N439K maintains fitness while evading antibody-mediated immunity
SARS-CoV-2 can mutate to evade immunity, with consequences for the efficacy of emerging vaccines and antibody therapeutics. More...
Britons should be paid to take COVID-19 vaccine says Oxford professor
People should be paid to have a COVID-19 jab so the country reaches herd immunity as quickly as possible, a leading ethicist has suggested. More...